Lisa Desjardins is a PBS NewsHour correspondent and an American political journalist. She has worked for CNN Radio and the Associated Press. She also covered five presidential elections in the United States in 2018.

What’s Lisa Desjardins Net Worth and Salary?

Lisa’s profession as a political journalist has earned her a substantial sum of money. Her professional career pays her an annual salary of roughly $120,000, according to reports. Lisa Desjardins’ net worth is believed to be at $2 million dollars.

She also gets paid well for her current job as a writer for the NewsHour website. She earns between $69,445 and $100,502 working for CNN networks. However, a journalist’s typical compensation ranges from $33,530 to $62,692. Lisa, on the other hand, gets more than the average income because she worked in journalism for nearly a decade.

Lisa Desjardins’s Biography & Education:

Lisa Desjardins was born Lisa Goddard on January 29, 1972 in Hawaii, United States of America. Thomas Bohner Goddard (father) and Patricia Goddard (mother) are her parents (mother). Lisa’s father served in the Navy before becoming a college professor.

When she was a child, her parents divorced. Her father Thomas then remarried Joan H Goddard, with whom he had seven children. She has seven half-siblings, all of whom grew up in Annandale, Virginia. Lisa is of mixed ancestry and is of American nationality.

Lisa earned her bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Between 1990 and 1994, she was a college student. She earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the university. She also earned a first-level graduate degree in Russian Studies from Russia’s Herzen State Pedagogical University in 1995. Lisa enrolled in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She earned a Master of Science in journalism from the University of Michigan in 1997.

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Who is Lisa Desjardins Husband? Son

Lisa Desjardins is the mother of a son and a happily married woman. In a private ceremony in 2007, she and her husband Jason Desjardins exchanged wedding vows. They dated for a long time before getting married. The couple has had a happy married life since their wedding. On her wedding anniversary, Lisa tweeted:

“I am SO LUCKY—ten years ago today, I married this incredible man. Maybe not Twitter stuff, but today I’m feeling a little euphoric in love.”

The couple welcomed their son, Maximo Maurice, into the world in 2016. After 9 years of marriage, they were able to start a family. The three-person family currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia. She’s also discussed adoption on her Twitter account, writing:

“Hello everyone, please do me a favor. 1. We are still searching to adopt a second kid and complete our family. (!) 2. Here’s our webpage, complete with photo overload: http://3adopt.com 3. Could you please RT? Also, please let me know if anyone is looking! I’m incredibly appreciative. PS Please forgive me if I RT this again later.”

Lisa Early Career:

She started her career as a reporter for WBTW in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She was employed by WBTW from 1998 until 1999. She was then fired for unspecified reasons. She then worked as a freelancer for “The Sun News” while still freelancing for Reuters News Agency. She then left “The Sun News” to work as a political reporter for WIS, an NBC affiliate.

Lisa also reported on the South Carolina Legislature, the dispute over the Confederate Flag’s display at the State House, and the Republican presidential primaries in 2000. In the year 2003, she joined the Associated Press’ Washington, D.C. bureau as a reporter. Then Lisa covered the 2004 presidential election, Medicaid, hurricanes, and the Iraq War, among other topics.

Lisa Desjardins’s CNN Career:

She joined the CNN network in 2005, where she worked for CNN Radio Congress, CNN.com, and CNN News. She moved to CNN Washington after CNN Radio was shut down in June 2013, where she served as a Capitol Hill journalist.

Her most famous CNN coverages include the book Zombie Economics, co-authored by Rick Emerson on personal finance. She left the CCN network in 2014 to join the PBS NewsHour team.

Lisa Desjardins’s PBS NewsHour:

Lisa is currently employed as a political journalist for PBS NewsHour. She joined the station in 2014 after leaving her job at the CNN network. She has worked tirelessly to improve the quality of political journalism on PBS.

She was elevated to PBS Political Director in 2015 as a result of her hard efforts. She often appears on television and contributes to the website NewsHour by writing articles.